Striped Bass Assessment Update-Not Overfished/No Overfishing

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 4, 2009

Atlantic Striped Bass Assessment Update Finds Resource Not Overfished and Overfishing Not Occurring

Newport, Rhode Island – The 2009 Atlantic striped stock assessment update indicates that the resource remains in good condition with female spawning stock biomass (SSB) 148% of the SSB target and 185% of the SSB threshold (see Figure 1). Estimated fishing mortality rates (F) in 2008 are equal to or less than 0.21 and below the target (0.30) and threshold (0.34) rates. The assessment provides stock status for the combination of the three primary stocks (Hudson River, Delaware River, and Chesapeake and tributaries). The striped bass stock complex is determined to be not overfished with overfishing not occurring......

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